In the Installed tab, check Show details and click Category to sort the plugins.

Find the Java ME SDK Tools and Java ME SDK Demos plugins in the list.

Make sure the plugins you installed are Active (you should see a green check mark), as shown in Figure 2-6.

If the Oracle Java ME SDK plugins are not Active, check the Select boxes for the plugins and click Activate.

When your Oracle Java ME SDK plugins are Active, click Close.

The Oracle Java ME SDK is ready to use. For more information on how to verify your plugin installation, see

2.3 Verifying Your Installation

Once you have installed the Oracle Java ME SDK Plugins into NetBeans (using the Update Center or by manual installation), the Oracle Java ME SDK platform is installed into the NetBeans IDE. To verify a successful installation, do the following:

The Oracle ME SDK Platform is now ready for you to work with, to create a new project and develop code.

2.4 Quick Start

The following tips offer some hints for getting started as quickly as possible.

Access the documentation. The online help is the primary documentation for the SDK. Many windows and dialogs feature a help button that opens context-sensitive help in the help viewer. You can also type F1.

Select Help > Help Contents to open the JavaHelp Online Help viewer. Remember to use the search capability and the index to help you find topics.

Note:

If you require a larger font size, the help topics are also available as a printable PDF and a set of HTML files.

Run sample projects. Running sample projects is a good way to become familiar with the SDK. See "Running a Project" for a general overview of how to run a project.

See the Projects window and the Files window for a visual overview of the logical and physical layout of a project. When viewing items in the tree, use the context menu (right-click) to see the available actions. See "Working With Projects."

A project has a default device that is used when you run it from the toolbar (the green arrow), Run > Run Project, or Run on the project's context menu. To see a project's default device, right-click the project and select Properties. Select the Platform category to see the default device displayed in the Device field. To reset the Device make another choice from the drop down menu.

To run an application on different devices without changing the default device, right-click on the project and select Run With from the context menu. Select a different device and click OK.

The emulator is an independent process, and when it has started it is a separate process from the build process running in NetBeans. Stopping the build process or closing a project does not always affect the application running in the emulator. You must be sure to terminate the application (the emulator can remain open). See "Running a Project."

The SDK provides two unique emulator instances for most devices. For example, IMPNGDevice1 and IMPNGDevice2 are the same except for the device number and the phone number, so you can perform tests that require two devices (messaging, for example) without customization. If you want to create your own device, see "Using the Custom Device Editor."